Calibrator, solar noise
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0583.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Radio & Electrical Engineering Div.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Parts of metal fluoresce orange but this is more likely a brass-zinc alloy which can fluoresce orange.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1944
- Canada
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USED AT GOTH HILL SOLAR NOISE OBSERVATORY OF NRC TO STUDY BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN AT WAVELENGTH OF 10 C.M. (3000 MC). - Function
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WAVE GUIDE PIECE; USED FOR MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; INCLUDES A VERNIER FOR CALIBRATION TEST; HAS A GRAPH ON THE FRONT TITLED "CALIBRATION OF IRIS-COUPLED ATTENUATOR". - Technical
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EXPERIMENTAL PIECE TO STUDY CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY RADIO TELESCOPES; INPUTS ARE SHIELDED CABLE, NOT MICROWAVE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 11/08/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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